Fox - a long time DJ and broadcaster who has nine Sony Awards to his name - later told Radio Today that he was Grimshaw was only saying such things to garner headlines, after Radio One bosses omitted the former Take That singer - who's enjoying his 14th number one single this week with 'Candy' - from their all-influential playlist.

It's not the first time Magic FM DJ Neil Fox has fallen out with the Radio One team. He had a long-running spat with breakfast show host Chris Moyles, including a particularly volatile incident when Fox challenged him to a celebrity fisticuffs. Moyles replied by promising Fox that he would "rip that guy a brand new hole. I'm gonna tear his head off and poo down his neck".